Jinsong and Shaik in Beijing

Here is a photo of my colleague, Shaik, with my former student, Jinsong!

Opera! Opera! Opera!

Now that the opera season is over, I have a life again. Here are pictures from Norma,

Backstage at Norma

The Flying Dutchman,

Backstage at the Flying Dutchman

and The Merry Widow.

Backstage at The Merry Widow

Portland Japanese Garden

We visited the Japanese Garden with my Aunt Marguerite and her companion Michael Walsh. They now live in Vancouver, across the river. Marguerite's husband was my mom's baby brother, Joe.

May 2007 Japanese Garden